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2329 Sheet copper alloy vessel fitting.jpg
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2008-09-09 14:28:14
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2329 Sheet copper alloy vessel fitting.jpg
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English: Sheet copper alloy vessel fitting, length 75mm, width 40mm, height 13mm, thickness of metal >1mm, weight 21.6g. The artefact is made from a sheet of copper alloy, it is sub-triangular in plan with a concave ridge running down the centre. The side edges are flat and would have been riveted onto the base of a vessel, although more than 50% is missing there are rivet holes visible, some retaining a copper alloy rivet. The artefacts is in a poor condition, suffering heavily from corrosion, it has broken in to three pieces.

These would and are fitted on to the back of tool such as a ladle or strainer to act as a socket to fit a wooden handle. This dates to the Medieval Period.

Similar examples have been excavated in London see Egan, G, 1998, The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c. 1450: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: volume 6, Museum of London
Depicted place (County of findspot) South Gloucestershire
Date between 1066 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1066-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 233894
Old ref: GLO-4A9884
Filename: 2329 Sheet copper alloy vessel fitting.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/186865
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/186865/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/233894
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